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| Let's try this again. "The Truth Will Emerge..." (URL) truth will emerge"... more like "the PORK will emerge". Byrd may be right about Iraq, for the most part. Unnecessary war, and what appears to be a bungling of the aftermath in a much more (...) (21 years ago, 23-May-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Richard Marchetti writes: <snip> (...) There are "safe needle exchange" places in Canada??? That's it! Heroine, here I come!! Dave K -wow, lookit all the purty lightsssszzz...zzz (...) (21 years ago, 21-May-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| (...) In what way is the Guardian not "reliable"? You may not find it "reliable", but you do cite it when the text is right [eg]: (URL)The NYT in particular, lies (...) If all that is true, let the market damn them both and FoxNews can prevail! (...) (21 years ago, 21-May-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| Because we all know how the BBC is prone to hperbole, and "faking the truth" whenever it can... (URL) it still a 'conspiracy nutter' story now? Or is it perhaps closer to the truth? Stop with the talk of anything that doesn't conform to the US (...) (21 years ago, 15-May-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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